. 2018 Apr 24;48(7):1695–1726. doi: 10.1007/s40279-018-0924-2

Table 3.

Pooled data for number of patients participating in any sport pre- and postoperatively

Preoperative reference for RTS	No. of pts participating in any sport		RTS (%)
Preoperative reference for RTS	Preoperatively	Postoperatively	RTS (%)
Overall (14 studies)	1125	1130	100
Pre-surgery participation as reference for RTS (10 studies)	938	977	104
Pre-symptomatic participation as reference for RTS (4 studies)	187	153	82
High-quality studies; pre-surgery participation as reference for RTS (2 studies)	214	280	131
High-quality studies; lifetime participation as reference for RTS^a (1 study)	408	218	53

No. number, pt(s) patient(s), RTS return to sports

^aHuch et al. [33] reported both the pre-surgery and lifetime sports participation